Nearly Half Of Mommyish Readers Use An IUD And None Use Diaphragms

When we reported that IUDs were quickly catching on with a new generation of mommies, we suspected the case was true for our own readership — and we were right. The majority of readers polled said that IUDs were currently what they were relying on.

It’s also worth noting that as some forms of birth control become suddenly more popular — such as the IUD — others are likely to wane. Case in point: diaphragms. At least among our readership, it looks like that trusty device is gone with your mother’s era as exactly 0% still makes use of it.

Right behind the popular IUD were other forms of hormonal birth control followed by condoms and that “preferred” pull out method.

Diaphragms aren’t all that effective – they apparently fail 20% of the time, according to the research I did. Their only real benefit is their non-hormonal-ness. If you can get the same thing from an IUD, which fails 1% of the time, why would you get a diaphragm?